All The World's A Stage [Live, Original recording remastered]

Rush | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (July 1, 1997)
• Original Release Date: 1980
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Live, Original recording remastered
• Label: Island / Mercury
• ASIN: B000001ESH
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (90 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,533 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
  • #20 in Music > Hard Rock & Metal > Progressive Metal
  • #91 in Music > Rock > Progressive > Progressive Rock

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24 of 27 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Bookend to the early Rush., March 21, 2005

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Michael Stack (North Chelmsford, MA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: All The World's A Stage (Audio CD)

A live set recorded over three days in 1976, in many ways this is a great introduction to the early Rush material-- featuring four songs each from the debut album and "Fly By Night", two from "Caress of Steel" and "2112" (although admittedly including the length title track), this really gets to the good material without much of the fluff.

Opening with the monster combination of "Bastille Day" and "Anthem", the tone for the show is set-- if there's a complaint to be made about the live show, its that it leaves out any display of the quieter side of Rush-- mind you, the quiet side was a one or two song thing on each record, it'd be nice to have heard some of it.

If you like the early material, you'll like this set, that simple. The "Fly By Night" material seems particularly inspired, I much prefer this take of "By-Tor and the Snow Dog" to the studio.

Overall, its a good show-- they'd have better material to pick from the future, but for the time, its a good show, and besides, its hard to imagine Geddy Lee these days shouting "Come on, let's see some hands!".

17 of 19 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars 4.5 stars- Better than I remembered, April 21, 2006

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M. A. Scott "Rock and Classical music fan" (Kansas, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: All The World's A Stage (Audio CD)

Just recently I bought "All The Worlds A Stage" for the first time on cd. At first I didn't like it very much because it sounded pretty raw when compared to the smoother EXIT STAGE LEFT. I think with the release of EXIT they were playing better because they had been doing about 250 shows a year for quite a few years and they were maturing as live musicians, but still, this first live album shows them more raw and energetic, so it's good to have both in your possession. It sounds much better to me than when I first heard it in 1981. This remaster sounds quite a bit better than the vinyl album did (which is something that I can't say about all rock albums). If you don't have this live album, but have a lot of the studio albums, don't hesitate in aquiring this first Rush live album.

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars 1st stage ends, hinting of the next., March 20, 2006

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Paul Binder (Clermont, Fl USA) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: All The World's A Stage (Audio CD)

Rush's first chapter is always interesting to me. They started out like a heavy-metal, blues type band, " A baby Zeppelin" as someone quoted. Rush let their original drummer go. Even as a devoted Rush fan and amateur drummer, I still never heard the official reason why he left the band. However, Neil entered the picture. Many styles were covered over the next couple of albums. Finally, almost broke and written off, they created 2112. A new life, new success, and new direction. I believe that " All the World's A Stage " is a culmination of all that happened to them. While Rush were playing their hearts out and enjoying their success, you can almost hear them evolving musically on this CD. Hints of whats to come is on display. This CD is enjoyable to listen to, even though its not ranked as one of Rush's better live efforts. Its a great way to end a chapter, and move on to the next.